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Nigeria鈥檚 Minister of Information Lai Mohammed has said that people are 鈥渓argely uninformed鈥� about the state of insecurity in Nigeria and blames 鈥渇ake news鈥�.

There have been numerous attacks and abductions across large swathes of the country. In March this year, a high-speed train travelling between the capital, Abuja, and the northern city of Kaduna, was ambushed. Nine people were killed and dozens more were kidnapped. There has also been a clear rise in recorded incidents targeting Christians since 2019. As many as 40 worshippers were killed in a church in Ondo state in the south-west at the beginning of June, and more recently two Catholic priests were killed in separate attacks in their respective Nigerian Dioceses. The recent incidents have led to calls from by five US Republican Senators to have Nigeria redesignated as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC).

Speaking to Focus on Africa鈥檚 Bola Mosuro, Lai Mohammed, attributed what he termed the 鈥渟o-called heightened insecurity鈥� to 鈥渇ake news.鈥�

Photo: Nigeria鈥檚 Minister of Information Lai Mohammed. Credit: Getty Images.

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